Thailand to allow quarantine-free travel from 46 countries, PM says

Thailand

will allow visitors from 46 countries vaccinated against

Covid-19

to forgo quarantine from next month, up from 10 previously announced, prime minister

Prayuth Chan-ocha

said on Thursday.

The Southeast Asian country is poised to introduce the new

quarantine-free travel arrangements

on November 1 as it seeks to revive its vital

tourism industry

.

Last week, Prayuth said that at least 10 countries, including Britain, Singapore, Germany, China and the United States, would be exempt from quarantine.

He did not name the extra countries in a Facebook post on Thursday but said the visitors could skip

mandatory quarantine

providing they arrive via air, have been

fully vaccinated

and have a document to show they are virus-free.